Improvement in rain-water strainers



' To all whom it 'mag/,coucerm tothe eistern. g`

U NITED STATES WILLIAM P.. G'ILL, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

- iMYPRovEM-ENT nxlllAll-wATl-:Rs'rRAINERs.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,227, dated February 29,1876; 'application iiled October 1875.

Be it known that L WILLIAM P. GILL, of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain Improvements in Rain-Water-Strainers, ot' which the following is a Speeication, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, 'and tothe letters of reference marked there- This yinvention hasfor its object the relieving of rain-water, for household purposes,

from all extraneous substances, such as leaves, insects, &c., liable to tndtheir way `to the gutter-spoutat 'the Veaves of a building and be conducted thence throughthe .down-spout in- .In the annexed`dra\ving,`Figurel is` a verticaly section, and Fig. 2 a Sectionalfront view not' the invention. l

A is a box, `having "a pipe, a, leadin g from the down-spout, and pipe,`b', connecting with the eiste`rn.` A part ,of the bottom ofthe box inelines baektothe pipeb,`,as shown. A straineigB, covers" thepenti-re inner 'area of the box, and rests uponsupportse, whiehare inclined` toivard ,thev front ofthe box. The y strainer is provided with sides and a back,

which titfeloselygagainstthe sidesandinokv` ofj the box, but)` is openqin, front, having `an apron, d, which turns over the' front of `vthe boxA. Aportionfof the; top of the boxA is"` ent extraneous substances passthrough the pipe a to the inclined strainer, the Water falling to the inclined bottom ot' the box .toward the pipe b, through which itV enters theveistern. Thev substances gradually nd their Way and arewashed down the strainer to the open part of the front of vthe box A, and fall over the apron d to the ground or elsewhere; I pret'erto make-the box, Ste., of galvanized Sheetliron, and the strainer oftne brass wiI'ecloth.

Having described my invention, .vvhat I claim `as new, and Wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

Y The box A, having the lid hinged e, and. 'the strainensupport's c, and provided with the pipes wand b, combined with the inclined bottom and removable-strainer B, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes speci-` ted.

, l WILLIAM P. GILL. ,i

Witnesses: f

` W. B. HEWITT, v C. E. KINYON.

PATENT OFFICE;

The strainer is held to the box :j 

